40 minutes following LASK confirmed the transfer of Maximilan Entrup, the athletes were already testing how they might play with the ÖFB team striker: While in a 4-2-3-1 formation like at the end of last season only one centre forward would have had a shirt, coach Thomas Darazs made room for a second striker – although there was a lot of movement in the LASK offense: Adil Taoui played around centre forward Marin Ljubicic before the break, and the Linz team attacked with a three-man attack, which Robert Zulj completed. The captain also scored the 1-0 (9th minute). Assist provider Florian Flecker scored himself to make it 2-1 (30th minute).
In defence, however, everything was clear with a three-man/five-man chain. On the right side, Kevin Lebersorger, originally intended as a signing for the amateurs, impressed once more. Branko Jovicic and Valon Berisha shared the running lanes in defensive midfield.
Sascha Horvath and George Bello were absent due to injuries. After the break, amateur players gradually came into the game, but left defender Batuham Peker’s chance to prove himself was over following just a quarter of an hour due to an injury. Jakob Wanker came into the game in his place – it was the 16-year-old’s second appearance in the pre-season.
“I was particularly pleased with the first half, that’s how I imagine our game this season. We spent a lot of time in the opponent’s half and quickly won the ball back following losing it,” said Darazs. “In the second half, we briefly lost the thread following the substitutions. The many young players then turned the game back in our direction and brought stability.”
The preparation of LASK
- Wednesday, 19 June, 11 a.m. | Training field Raiffeisen-Arena: start of training
- Thursday, June 20: Performance tests
- Friday, June 28, 7 p.m.: Oedt – SHOT 1:7 (1:1)
Goals: Karatas (31’/penalty); Copado (26′), Flecker (52′), Ljubicic (54′), Smolcic (68′), Taoui (83′, 87′), Pintor (90′)
1st half: Siebenhandl; Stojkovic, Ziereis, Peric, Mohammad; Horvath, Jovicic; Usor, Zulj, Copado; Kone
2nd half: Polster; Lebersorger, Wimhofer, Smolcic, Bello; Bogarde, Berisha; Pintor, Taoui, Flecker; Ljubicic (80. Wanker) - Tuesday, July 2nd, 5pm | Pasching: LASK – CFR Cluj (Rom) 1:1 (0:1)
Tore: Safin (84.), Ilie (41.)
1. Halbzeit: Lawal; Bogarde, Stojkovic, Smolcic, Lebersorger; Horvath, Jovicic; Usor, Zulj, Flecker, Ljubicic
2nd half: Polster, Bogarde (63. Wimhofer), Stojkovic (63. Ziereis), Smolcic (63. Pursall), Lebersorger (63. Peker); Horvath (63. Safin), Berisha; Usor (63. Pintor), Taoui, Flecker (63. Copado); Kone - Friday, July 5, 4 p.m. | Pasching: LASK – Dynamo Budweis (Jun) 2:2 (2:1)
Tore: Zulj (9.), Flecker (30.); Cermak (12.), Sigut (57.)
LASK: Lawal (59. Polster); Lebersorger (46. Bogarde), Wimhofer (59. Stojkovic), Ziereis (59. Pursall), Smolcic (46. Peric), Flecker (46. Peker/63. Wanker); Jovicic (59. Usor), Zulj (59. Copado), Berisha (59. Safin); Ljubicic (59. Kone), Taoui (46. Pintor) - Thursday, July 11, 7.30 p.m.: | Raiffeisen-Arena: LASK – Galatasaray Istanbul (Should)
- Saturday, July 20, 3 p.m. | Raiffeisen Arena: LASK – St. Pölten
First competitive matches:
- Friday, July 26, 6 p.m. | ÖFB Cup, 1st round, Ried, Klaus-Roitinger-Stadion: Belts – LASK
- Saturday, August 3, 5 p.m.: Bundesliga, 1st round, Profertil Arena: Hartberg – LASK
Previous transfers
- Access: Maximilian Entrup (Hartberg), Jerome Boateng (D, Salernitana), Hrvoje Smolcic (Cro, Frankfurt, loan), Melayro Bogarde (Ned, Hoffenheim II), Nikolas Polster (Horn, following loan), Luca Wimhofer (Horn, following loan), Moussa Kone (Sen, Streda, following loan)
- Departures: Elias Havel (Hartberg, loan), Sanoussy Ba (D, Leipzig, following loan, to Braunschweig), Lukas Jungwirth (Admira, loan), Filip Twardzik (Cze, Trnava), Felix Luckeneder, Michorl, Wiesinger, Letard (Fra)
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Günther Mayrhofer
